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Revista Cubana de Enfermería
On-line version ISSN 1561-2961
Abstract
CUTINO PAZ, Amnemarie; TURTOS CARBONELL, Larissa Beatriz and CABALLERO BATISTA, Ángela Nereyda. The construction of the professional identity in nurses and his relation with care. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2020, vol.36, n.4 Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 1561-2961.
Introduction:
Professional cares today are mainly in the nurses’ hands and the quality with which they carry out this work is very related with their professional identity.
Objective:
To value the construction of the professional identity of nurses and his relation with care.
Methods:
Of qualitative study, at the Celia Sánchez Manduley Teaching Clinical Surgical Hospital, during 2016. The biographical method was used. From a universe of 10 nurses in the Intermediate Therapy room, a sample of 2 nurses was selected. The technique applied was the history of the profession. The analysis of content was carried out from the testimonies given by the nurses.
Results:
the professional identity of nurses consolidates all dimensions of care that have much more value in shaping their role as caregiver; these are: care as value, self care and care as the essence of life and profession
Conclusions:
The professional identity in its construction includes all dimensions of care, which are beginning to be incorporated from the early stages of the life cycle.
Keywords : professional identity; Nursing; care.